runner, runner
ready, set, go!
baker, baker
ready, set, dough!
farmer, farmer
ready, set, hoe!
pitcher, pitcher
ready, set, throw!
bedbug, bedbug
ready, set, bite!
firefly, firefly
ready, set, light!
Tyger Tyger,
burning bright,
poet, poet
ready, set, write!
Jay Brazeau is an emerging poet who once won a hamburger for a poem about chicken. He resides in Ottawa, Canada, but lives on the outer edge of imagination. Jay’s poems have appeared in The Caterpillar, the anthologies HOP TO IT: Poems to Get You Moving (Pomelo Books, 2020), 10•10 Poetry Anthology (wee words for wee ones, 2021) and online at The Dirigible Balloon. You can follow him on Twitter @brazeau_jay